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July 2026 Contract Progress of UK Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

20th July, 2026 (11 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today released their July 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts awarded under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 287,510 contracted premises (up from 271,460 in Jun 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 838,490 (34% complete).

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Netomnia UK Extend Newport FTTP Broadband Network to 30,000 Premises

20th July, 2026 (2 Comments)

Alternative broadband operator Netomnia (Substantial Group, YouFibre), which has already built their UK full fibre (FTTP) network to cover over 3 million premises RFS (inc. 500,000 customers), have confirmed that their deployment across the city of Newport in Wales has so far reached 30,000 local homes and businesses.

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Partnership Helps EE Bring Mobile Network to Remote North Wales Village

13th July, 2026 (3 Comments)

A partnership between EE (BT), the Denbighshire County Council, the Clocaenog Community Council and the Welsh Government has enabled the operator to extend their mobile (mobile broadband) network signal to reach across the remote rural North Wales village of Clocaenog. The community is said to have “been without reliable mobile phone coverage for decades“.

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Gigabit Broadband Coverage Reaches 91 Percent of the UK in H1 2026

7th July, 2026 (10 Comments)

We’ve today published our biannual summary of fixed broadband coverage for the first half (H1) of 2026, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have grown to reach 85.05% of UK premises (up from 81.89% in H2 2025) and 91% are within reach of “gigabit” 1000Mbps+ speeds (up from 89.6%). Read on to see details for England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland.

Financial Chief of Wales-Focused Full Fibre Broadband ISP Ogi to Step Down

25th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Board Director at Infracapital-backed alternative UK full fibre broadband network operator Ogi, Wyn Innes, has announced that he will be “stepping down” from the role at the end of October 2026 in order to start “exploring new opportunities“.

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Streetwave UK Reveals Quality of Mobile Network Coverage in Neath Port Talbot

20th June, 2026 (5 Comments)

Network analyst firm Streetwave has published the partial results from a new study, which compared real-world mobile network (4G, 5G) coverage and mobile broadband performance across the Neath Port Talbot Council (NPTC) area in Wales, which sits just next to Swansea and is home to around 145,000 people.

June 2026 UK Contract Progress of the Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

19th June, 2026 (2 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has today released their June 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts awarded under the £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 271,460 contracted premises (up from 256,680 in May 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 839,340 (32% complete).

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17 Primary Schools in Blaenau Gwent to Get Gigabit Broadband Upgrade

15th June, 2026 (0 Comments)

The Welsh Government’s (WG) Tech Valleys programme has announced that 17 primary schools in Blaenau Gwent to be upgraded to gigabit-speed internet as part of their new partnership with Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council and the Shared Resource Service.

BDUK Publish Annual 2026 UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout Progress Report

11th June, 2026 (1 Comment)

The Government’s Building Digital UK agency has today published an annual progress report on their publicly subsidised gigabit broadband rollout schemes. The data reveals that some 1.42 million premises have now received coverage under BDUK’s gigabit programmes since their inception, including 192,570 premises in 2025/26 alone.

Openreach’s FTTP Broadband Take-up in Wales Nears 50 Percent

3rd June, 2026 (10 Comments)

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed that their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network has now passed an important milestone by covering 1.25 million premises (81%+) across Wales (up from 1m at the end of 2024), with take-up already said to be “approaching” the impressive 50% mark (across the UK it’s 38.27%).

Swansea Bay City Deal Pumped £44.8m of Investment into Digital Connectivity

2nd June, 2026 (0 Comments)

A new report from consultancy firm FarrPoint has confirmed that the Swansea Bay City Deal’s Digital Infrastructure Programme in Wales has so far secured £44.8m of investment in digital connectivity during 2024–25, which went towards various broadband and dark fibre roll-out projects.

May 2026 UK Contract Progress of the Project Gigabit Broadband Rollout

27th May, 2026 (5 Comments)

The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) agency has released their May 2026 update on the delivery progress of contracts awarded under their £5bn Project Gigabit broadband rollout scheme. The update reveals that some 256,680 contracted premises (up from 250,000 in April 2026) have so far been covered out of a planned total of 837,340 (31% complete).

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Vodafone UK Deploy New Mast to Fix Long Running Mobile Problems in Tenby

18th May, 2026 (3 Comments)

Mobile and broadband provider Vodafone (VodafoneThree) has today confirmed to ISPreview that they’ve finally deployed and activated a new mobile mast to help fix the problems in the Pembrokeshire (Wales) seaside town of Tenby (here). Locals have been suffering from months of poor signal since the old mast suddenly vanished at the start of 2026.

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Ofcom Predict 95 Percent of UK Covered by Gigabit Broadband by Jan 2029

13th May, 2026 (7 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published the fifth edition of their forecast for Planned Network Deployments, which has again revised down its prediction of future UK broadband coverage after many network operators slowed their rollouts. The report predicts that full fibre (FTTP) lines will reach up to 92% of homes by January 2029 – rising up to 95% for gigabit-capable networks (i.e. FTTP and Cable).

Gigabit Broadband Covers 89 Percent of UK Premises – Ofcom Spring 2026 Data

13th May, 2026 (6 Comments)

Ofcom has released its Spring 2026 update on UK fixed broadband and mobile coverage, which reveals that “full fibre” (FTTP) lines now reach 82% of homes (up from 78% in July 2025), while 89% are within reach of a gigabit network (up from 87%) and 76% – 94% of premises can get an outdoor 5G signal (up from 64-89%).

Fibrus and Ogi Linked to Talks Over Possible UK Broadband Consolidation

12th May, 2026 (6 Comments)

A number of sources have recently indicated to ISPreview that two Infracapital-backed alternative UK broadband networks, Fibrus and Ogi, have allegedly been engaged in talks over a possible future consolidation. The move, if indeed it does materialise, would create a single full fibre (FTTP) network covering around 600,000 premises and reaching over 160,000 customers.

O2 UK Switches On 5G Standalone Mobile Broadband Network in Wales

6th May, 2026 (9 Comments)

Mobile operator O2 (Virgin Media) has this morning announced that they’ve switched-on their next-generation 5G Standalone (5GSA / 5G+) mobile broadband network in Wales, which is said to reach more than 800,000 residents and businesses across 9 large towns and cities, 18 smaller towns, and 133 villages.